Mark Fisher and reimagining postcapitalist geographies

Sutherland, C. (2023) Mark Fisher and reimagining postcapitalist geographies. Dialogues in Human Geography, 13(1), pp. 99-118. (doi: 10.1177/20438206231156021)

Abstract

In this paper, I outline the spatial imaginaries of the late radical thinker Mark Fisher (1968–2017). I begin by explaining Fisher's focus on culture and desire as forces that must be addressed if an effective postcapitalist politics is to be formed and underscoring that so far in postcapitalist geographies, the roles of culture and desire have been relatively overlooked. I then delineate three spatial imaginaries threaded through Fisher's work, which I call 3D hauntology, grotesque stratigraphy, and acid topology, demonstrating how they offer fresh ideas at the nexus of postcapitalist geography and political strategy. To conclude, I argue that postcapitalist geographers must urgently foster cultural and political experiments that wager on latent popular desire for a future characterised by a reimagined communism.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: The research for this paper was funded by the Urban Studies Foundation (Grant No. 260220).
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sutherland, Dr Callum
• Authors: Sutherland, C.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
• Journal Name: Dialogues in Human Geography
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• ISSN: 2043-8206
• ISSN (Online): 2043-8214
• Published Online: 09 February 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Dialogues in Human Geography 13(1):99–118
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License